New Orleans Voodoo

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African diasporic religion Afro-Caribbean religion syncretic religion

New Orleans Voodoo is a syncretic Afro-Caribbean spiritual and religious tradition centered in New Orleans, known for its rituals, spirit veneration, and blending of West African, Haitian, and Catholic influences.

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Label Occurrences
New Orleans Voodoo canonical 1

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf African diasporic religion ⓘ
Afro-Caribbean religion ⓘ
syncretic religion ⓘ
developedFrom Haitian Vodou NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Catholic folk practices ⓘ
West African spiritual practices ⓘ
developedInCentury 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Creole Voodoo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Louisiana Voodoo NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Orleans Vodou NERFINISHED ⓘ
Voodoo of New Orleans NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCommunity African American community in New Orleans ⓘ
Creole community in New Orleans ⓘ
hasCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasCulturalOrigin French colonial culture ⓘ
Haitian Vodou NERFINISHED ⓘ
Native American traditions ⓘ
Roman Catholicism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spanish colonial culture ⓘ
West African religions NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDeityType African spirits ⓘ
Catholic saints ⓘ
loa-like spirits ⓘ
hasImportantFigure Marie Laveau NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marie Laveau II NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasImportantLocation Congo Square NERFINISHED ⓘ
French Quarter NERFINISHED ⓘ
St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasInfluenceFrom Catholic saints veneration ⓘ
French Catholic liturgy ⓘ
Haitian migration to New Orleans ⓘ
hasKeyConcept ancestor veneration ⓘ
curse removal ⓘ
healing rituals ⓘ
possession trance ⓘ
protective charms ⓘ
ritual magic ⓘ
spirit veneration ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Louisiana Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLegalStatus generally legal religious practice in Louisiana ⓘ
hasMajorCenter New Orleans NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMisconception association primarily with zombies in fiction ⓘ
overemphasis on black magic in popular media ⓘ
hasPractice altar building ⓘ
candle rituals ⓘ
chanting ⓘ
divination ⓘ
herbalism ⓘ
ritual drumming ⓘ
spirit offerings ⓘ
use of gris-gris ⓘ
use of talismans ⓘ
hasRegion Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRitualObject candles ⓘ
gris-gris bag ⓘ
herbs ⓘ
incense ⓘ
offerings of food and drink ⓘ
skulls ⓘ
statues of saints ⓘ
isAssociatedWith New Orleans popular culture ⓘ
New Orleans tourism ⓘ
jazz-era New Orleans imagery ⓘ
isDistinctFrom Haitian Vodou NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hoodoo ⓘ
West African Vodun NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans → associatedWith → New Orleans Voodoo ⓘ
subject surface form: St. Louis Cemetery No. 1